While the elite of the young officers and men, who were dodging under the shields of the vans, were preparing to carry out a blasting attack, the Manchurian heavy steps, which had approached a distance of five paces, had already begun to attack from the front and the left flank at the same time. With the help of the ladder set up by the black armor team, many Jianzhou elites have broken through the outer car shield defense line, and it seems that the victory of the entire formation is in sight.

At this moment, the sound of violent explosions continued to sound, and the gunpowder smoke brought by the continuous explosions in a range of about 200 steps and a few hundred meters instantly swallowed everything within a two-zhang radius of the car array, and a hundred or dozens of improved prefabricated fragments weighing more than 50 kilograms that were inclined to each other and exploded exploded nearly 20,000 iron bullets, devouring at least seven or eight hundred of the two thousand people.

Soon after the violent explosion, the teenagers in charge of the blasting attack began to use a sleeve-type push rod to push the prepared second batch of explosive mines to a distance of three zhang away, and detonated those bamboo and wood galls, glutinous rice juice and iron bullets with a diameter of about seven or eight inches through the kite string arquebus pull-back device inside the pole, and tens of thousands of iron projectiles exploded, so that hundreds of Jianzhou hoplites were knocked to the ground under the attack of hundreds of grams of iron bullets, prefabricated fragments, like a strong crossbow.

While those projectiles cannot pierce armor, they are difficult to defend against any non-plate armor target, even a normal shield. However, the power of these large prefabricated fragments is very cleverly located on the edge of the defensive power of the car shield array system.

Two successive blasting attacks killed and wounded at least 1,000 people, completely crushing the entire front and left flank offensive front of the 2,000 main forces of Jianzhou. The gunners and generals, who had been suppressed by their bows and arrows, also raised their heads and opened fire in the direction of the thick smoke with live ammunition in a rough flank fire.

The efficiency of firing shotguns with black powder was actually higher and more economical than explosive devices such as 10,000 enemies in this era. Explosive weapons that can rely on the vehicle formation also show a unique role at this time: at least at close range, where enemy archers can make it difficult for gunners and gunners to show their heads, they can more effectively sweep the opponent and prevent the opponent from approaching. As long as the opponent cannot close to the extreme closeness to suppress the entire line, the gunners and the general gunners can continue to suppress the opponent.

This continuous blasting attack, as well as the dense rain of bullets that followed, made the advance of the entire Jianzhou army face real deterrence and difficulties for the first time. The stragglers on the right flank and flanks also began to try to attack in a more dispersed formation from other directions. The gunners and powder crossbows in charge of the defensive direction are not very efficient, but they are also effective in containing such an overly scattered formation. After the defeat of a decisive offensive by the Jianzhou army, the battlefield pattern also seemed to be completely reversed.

At this point in the war, the casualties and losses of the entire Jianzhou army had exceeded the 3,000 people in the Battle of Hunhe that year, and they were also close to one-half of the entire number of troops participating in the battle. If we take into account the losses suffered in the previous battles with other strong armies, the losses suffered by the main force of Jianzhou of about 20,000 now are not insignificant. However, after looking at the heavily damaged shields, he was determined to continue advancing and attacking.

Obviously, under the deterrence of enemy artillery fire, the withdrawal of the shield vehicles that had been put into operation from the front line at this time, although it may not be impossible, will definitely bring no benefit to the serious losses of these shield vehicles, and many casualties will be lost. If, in the face of the enemy's artillery fire, you continue to shorten the already small distance and get caught up in a shield battle, there is a high probability of achieving a breakthrough. In the confrontation with the superior Ming army in Liaodong, many of them fell into close car battles and broke through the opponent's defense system under the cover of artillery and precision archers.

Therefore, the drums of war were more intensively agitated at this time under the orders of Hun Tai Ji Hei Huan. The reserve team continued to attack from the front after rotating many of the Niulu armor soldiers who suffered the most casualties as quickly as possible. The distance between the shield cars of the two sides is also constantly narrowing at this time.

Many iron bullets from the explosion weighing more than 50,000 pounds of the enemy rebounded back after hitting the opponent's car shield, and began to cause sporadic casualties among their own men and horses. Seeing this, Xiao Xuan immediately ordered the young elite of the first row of car shield formations to pull back after detonating most of the prepared 10,000 enemies, preparing to deal with the pressure of the close car battle.

For the situation of close car battles, Xiao Xuan, who has studied a lot, has certainly been prepared. While the Guards Battalion and the Yongwei Battalion had prepared nearly 1,000 pieces weighing more than 50 kilograms of 10,000 enemies, they also prepared a lot of 12 kilograms, about 7 kilograms, of "10,000 enemies in a vehicle formation" for blasting and attacking with iron-clad bamboo poles. This is also a specification that has been determined after a lot of actual measurements: the "10,000 enemies" of this specification can be projected into the enemy formation dozens of meters away with a small jack counterweight and a trebuchet with a one-and-a-half-arm pole, or it can be pushed into the enemy's vehicle formation with a special push rod with a fixed frame and detonated. Although it is not without the possibility of being destroyed or counter-thrown by the enemy, it is the only reliable way to resist the close combat of a strong enemy that can be thought of. Of course, the most dangerous thing is whether the enemy's arson will cause your ammunition to detonate.

At this time, the main force of Jianzhou also further accumulated experience after encountering the Battle of Ningyuan and many other combat lessons, and also prepared a lot of arson objects to be thrown over. If it weren't for Xiao Xuan's thoughtful consideration of the rules and discipline of the entire army and even the design of the bombing fuse ammunition box, it seems that he would really encounter great danger under the arson attack of the Jianzhou Army at this time.

Of course, at this time, most of the arson and unexploded mines thrown by the Jianzhou Army at close range fell within a range of about two zhang between the front and rear vehicle formations, although there were also many bullets that caused many casualties, making it a little difficult for the guns to open fire. The Demoman began to fall, but the counterattack did not stop.

In the midst of the rumbling explosion and the flying fragments of iron and stone, after all, the main force of the attacking Jianzhou Army once again suffered casualties of nearly 2,000 people, and then completely abandoned its own shield formation, which was already in tatters, and retreated as fast as possible.

However, from the neatness and suddenness of the enemy's withdrawal, Xiao Xuan could feel that the main force of Jianzhou, which had suffered thousands of casualties, should not have completely lost the hope of attacking and winning at this time, but at this time, he did not plan to continue to wait for the enemy's attack before nightfall.

(End of chapter)